Object Number 1959.0080 A

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

THE HON.\BLE JOHN HANCOCK ESQ.\R/ late GOVERNOR of BOSTON in North America

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

William Smith (Mezzotinter)
1707-1764

John Singleton Copley (Painter)
07/03/1738-09/09/1815

John Scott (Publisher)
Fowble listes John Scott's dates as "1774-1828"; however, this mezzotint was published in 1775.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

September 4 1775 (1775-1775)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; W. Smith Sculp.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Copeley pinx.
3. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; Publish'd by John Scott N.\o 4, Middle Row, Holborn.
4. Inscription; Lower right, within image; Publish'd as the Act directs Sept 4\th 1775.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint with some burin work

Dimensions (inches)

14.5 (H) , 10.6 (W) , 12.4 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

36.9 (H) , 27 (W) , 12.4 (Image H) , 9.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14.0 in. (35.5 cm). Plate W: 9.8 in. (25.0 cm). Chain interval: 2.6-2.7 cm.; laid line frequency: 8 per cm.

Publisher Summary

Scott, John

Publication Date

09/04/1775

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

I

Edition Notes

Only one state listed, although this impression shows some retouching around the sitter's mouth, nose, and eyes.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no.29, pp. 94-95.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 61, pp. 113-114.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 107, pp. 42-43.
[Book] Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits; Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 3. 941-1428.
• Print listed as no.2, pp.1321-1322.